Bethenny Frankel Assembles Heavyweight Legal Team To Protect Reality TV Stars From Being Exploited By Studios

Katie Maloney is throwing shade at Rachel Leviss. After Leviss, the woman at the heart of Scandoval, gave a bombshell interview to Bravolebrity Bethenny Frankel, Maloney took to Instagram to express her distaste with her former co-star.«What in the hot garbage is this?» Maloney commented on Frankel's post promoting her interview with Leviss.Later, Maloney shared a video to her Instagram Story that appeared to be about the situation.«You know that trending sound that was like, 'Why the f**k you lying?'» Maloney questioned in the video.

Katie Maloney is the first Vanderpump Rules cast member to react to Raquel Leviss‘ new interview about Scandoval.

Rachel Leviss wasn't paid a cent for opening up to Bethenny Frankel about her time on Vanderpump Rules and Tom Sandoval cheating on Ariana Madix in her first interview since the explosive season 10 reunion aired.A source tells ET, «Rachel wasn’t paid for her interview with Bethenny. Bethenny offered her an unedited long-form platform where she could speak freely. Rachel knew no other outlet would give her that freedom.»ET has learned Leviss' interview with Frankel is three parts.

Vanderpump Rules star Rachel Leviss is opening up to Bethenny Frankel in her first interview since the explosive season 10 reunion aired, where the cast collectively spoke out against Tom Sandoval cheating on Ariana Madix with Leviss. The 28-year-old reality star has kept a low profile since the affair was revealed in March, and checked into a mental health treatment facility for three months.

Vanderpump Rules star Rachel Leviss is opening up to Bethenny Frankel in her first interview since the explosive season 10 reunion aired, where the cast collectively spoke out against Tom Sandoval cheating on Ariana Madix with Leviss. The 28-year-old reality star has kept a low profile since the affair was revealed in March, and checked into a mental health treatment facility for three months.

It seems Bethenny Frankel may have an ulterior motive for coming after Bravo!

SAG-AFTRA is rallying behind Bethenny Frankel.

SAG-AFTRA, which covers the hosts but not the contestants on reality TV competition shows, said today that it’s working “toward the protection of the reality performers” in an effort to end “the exploitative practices that have developed in this area” and “to engage in a new path to union coverage.”

Kandi Burruss has always been outspoken, and that’s why she’s not joining Bethenny Frankel's call for a strike by reality TV stars.Burruss, who is busy promoting her cover for magazine, recently spoke to ET's Brice Sander about the recent remarks made by Frankel about the possibility of reality stars unionizing and striking to demand better contracts and to stand with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.«I feel like things that I feel or have felt that needed to be addressed, I actually reached out to the network, and we addressed them,» star said of Bravo.Last week, anonymous reality stars alleged in a legal letter sent to NBCUniversal and Bravo that they were subjected to «grotesque and depraved mistreatment.» Attorneys Bryan Friedman and Mark Geragos say they represent «a significant number of individuals» who have been «mentally, physically, and financially victimized by NBC,» and could «ruin» the network «should they decide to speak out about their mistreatment.»In response, a spokesperson for NBCUniversal told, «NBCUniversal is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. At the outset, we require our third-party production partners to have appropriate workplace policies and training in place.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer In the summer of strikes and labor action, calls for reality TV personalities to form a union are gaining steam. Bethenny Frankel unleashed a storm last month with her unvarnished criticism of Bravo and other unscripted-focused platforms for the way that unscripted stars are treated behind the scenes. Frankel was not shy about detailing what she described as commonplace abuses, including producers manipulating contestants for the cameras.

BreAnna Bell “Selling Sunset” stars Mary and Romain Bonnet might be sold on Bethenny Frankel’s idea of a reality stars union. “We’re not protected like everybody else is. Even all of our production team, they are union.

Bethenny Frankel is coming in hot with her Housewives takes after Lenny Hochstein proposed to his girlfriend while still legally married to estranged wife Lisa Hochstein.

Bethenny Frankel is serious about securing protections for reality TV stars.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Bethenny Frankel has enlisted two of the most high-profile attorneys in Hollywood to help in her self-proclaimed fight to help protect reality stars from what she says is exploitation by networks and studios. Power players Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos are now working alongside Frankel to investigate the treatment of reality stars. Freedman tells me that he has heard from roughly 50 reality show cast members from various docuseries and competition shows who believe that they were “used and unfairly” treated by television networks and streamers.

Bethenny Frankel is going off on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and asking them to “go away for a long time…and close the mouth” after what she’s calling “the biggest botch job ever.”

Real Housewives of New York City star Bethany Frankel has hit out at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle calling their post-royal career a 'botched job'.

Bethenny Frankel is coming under fire for what appears to be a VERY shady contract she once tried to get a popular TikTok star to sign!

Porsha Williams thinks Bethenny Frankel's call for a reality TV star strike has some real merit.Williams recently sat down with ET, to dish on her Fox celebrity competition series, and she addressed recent remarks made by Frankel about the possibility of reality stars unionizing and striking to demand better contracts and to stand with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes.«I can respect a lot of what Bethenny had to say, actually. I mean, why would I have any problem with her speaking up for reality stars?» Williams shared.

Bethenny Frankel already got Spencer Pratt’s attention regarding her desire to get justice — and residuals checks — for reality TV stars.

Bethenny Frankel is mad as hell, and is biting back at the injustices she claims are perpetrated against reality TV stars.